Spurs' new head coach was reported this weekend as having identified Kanouté, the former Tottenham striker, and the Brazilian full-back Alves as two players he wanted to bring with him to White Hart Lane.

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But the overtures received a frosty reception from Del Nido, still spitting feathers over losing his coach to the Premier League in mid-season.

He said: "It takes a lot of money to buy Alves and Kanouté at the same time. I doubt very much that Tottenham have the money to buy them. If they want to buy them in the winter transfer market, they will have to pay their buyout clauses."

Alves has a contract until 2011, with a clause of £42m, and Kanouté's deal runs until 2009, with an £18m buyout. Del Nido, who also repeated veiled threats about reporting Spurs to world football's governing body, Fifa, for tapping up Ramos, became defensive when asked about two of his biggest assets.

He said: "Seville does not want to sell any of its stars. The English clubs, who seem to always be looking at our players, should know by now that when we want to keep our players we keep them.

"Tottenham will get the response from Seville that they deserve. And that response will be to channel all our energy into getting what we deserve after the way they have behaved.

"Here in Spain, we are not used to treachery existing between football clubs. Nowhere in European football has something like this happened before with the season under way. I will leave it for Spurs and their fans to take a look at themselves and define their behaviour."

Asked whether Seville would use FIFA tapping-up regulations to force Spurs to pay more for Ramos, Del Nido said: "I can assure you that we at Seville will pour all of our energy and all of our force into making sure that Tottenham pay the consequences of this situation.

"This is a situation that they have illegitimately provoked. We will do everything in our power and use all the means at our disposal to make sure of that."